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2009 | Best Jazz Club

Even if you don't know Miles Davis from Buddy Miles or John Coltrane from John Legend (or jazz fusion from fusion cooking, for that matter), there's something about being in a jazz club that automatically makes you feel more, well, sophisticated. The Red Cat Jazz Café, though, offers uptown sophistication with a down-home Southern twist and spacious brick-wall acoustics that ensure you never miss a (blue) note. Several of the Red Cat's resident artists -- elder-statesman vocalist... More »
2005 | Best Jazz Club

Houston is no Harlem, New Orleans or Chicago, but we still have a robust jazz following, especially in the urban smooth jazz markets. You can find these suave sound followers downtown at the Red Cat Jazz Cafe, where jazz happens not just on weekends, but every day of the week. Even those who need to score a fix of traditional jazz trios, quartets and vocalists can find it here. Summertime brings national acts to the Red Cat every weekend for Summer Jazz Nights, showcasing the hottest guitar... More »

Stephen Richard

By Olivia Flores Alvarez | Thu, March 29, 2012

Playing the saxophone was just a hobby for Stephen Richard — until he started taking private lessons from the late, great Conrad Johnson. While he was still in high school, he got a chance to sit in during a sound check with the late Grover Washi... More »
Robert Glasper Experiment

By Chris Gray | Thu, March 01, 2012

Missouri City native Robert Glasper is already a seasoned veteran, but now he may be urban music's next great hope. He's already been touted in those "Faces to Watch" kind of features in Billboard and the L.A. Times this year, and the push behind ... More »
French Martini

By Jason Kerr | Thu, March 16, 2006

I leave my downtown job at a quarter till midnight in search of a bar where I can have a drink and catch a little Mardi Gras action. The view from outside the windows of the Red Cat Jazz Cafe and Bar (924 Congress, 713-226-7870) looks all too invi... More »
Bad Kitty

By Melanie Knight | Thu, July 12, 2001

You might say that the Red Cat Jazz Café suffers from an identity crisis. Is it one of Houston's hip new downtown nightspots or one of its hip new restaurants? The very question is the problem. The concept of pairing quality food with live music -... More »

2009 | Best Jazz Club